Medicine: The Lung Cancer Epidemic

Among men in every one of 15 countries that keep the best medical
records, the death rate from cancer of the lung increased relentlessly
in the four years ending with 1952 (the last for which full figures are
available), reported the World Health Organization.

The 15 countries, with 1952 death rates per 100,000 from lung cancer for
men, and the percentage increase since 1949: